mckay



G. W. McKAY.

TOY HOOP.

APPLICATION FILED APR-1. 191s.

1,162,868. Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Jn-umlfof- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Application filed April 1,1915. Serial No. 18,550.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon W; MoKAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah,-

State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy'Hoops; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same...

This invention relates to improvements in toys and particularly to rolling hoops.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a rolling hoop with a guiding means by means of which the hoop is manufactured to retain a ball within the hoop.

Anothervobject is to provide a. 1100p of similar construction for holding the marble or ball therein.

Other objects and. advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hoop made in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sec-' tion on the line of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the guiding and rolling device, and Fig. i is a horizontal. section on v the line H of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly-Jo the accompanying drawing, 10. represents a hoop which is formed of a strip of metal, the marginal edges of which are bent inwardly as at 11, and then directed in parallelspaced relation with their innec edges disposed toward the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

center of the hoop, as clearly indicated at 12. Arranged to roll on and between-these inwardly directed flanges 12 is a ball or 4 marble 13. I

. To roll the hoop there is provided a, stick, llfiil one end of which is secured a rectangular loop 15, one of the outer corners" of which is separable, as shown at 16 to permit of the placing of a portion of the hoopwithin the loop.

In the operation of the device, the loop' 15 is properly engaged with the hoop and then the marble 13 placed so that it rests on the two flanges 12. Then by manipulating the stick, the hoop can be caused to roll along the ground. By the exercise of skill, the

'hoop can be rolled so as to retain'the marble within the channel between the flanges 12.

Thus there is provided a simple and cheap GEORGE W, MoKAY. Witnesses:

Es'rns HILL, E. J. PEERY. 

